Sleep spindles helped predict recovery in unresponsive patients with acute brain injury. About a third of unresponsive patients showed well-formed sleep spindle patterns. Spindles frequently preceded ...

How would you summarize your study for a lay audience? Our research focuses on sleep spindles—short bursts of brain activity during sleep that are crucial for stabilizing sleep and supporting memory.

Michael J. Prerau, Ph.D., of the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...